Automatically-controlled mixing-machine or the like.



P. N. PECOI.

AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLED MIXING MACHINE OR THE LIKE. APPLICATION 1111111) APR.5.1911.

1,006,003. Patented 0013.17,1911

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AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLED MIXING MAUHINE OR THE LIKE.

APPLIUATION TILED APBHS. 1911.

1,006,003. Patented Oct. 17, 1911.

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UNITED STATES ra E T OFFICE.

IP10 NAROISO PEOCI, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-SIXTH 'IO I'E'I'EB DOW, ONE-SIXTH T0 HERMAN POBZIG, ONE-SIXTH 'I'O CHARLES GRUND, AND ONE- SI X'IH T0 RICHARD MEYER, ALL OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY. r

AUTOMATICALLY-CONTROLLED MIXING-MACHINE OR THE LIKE.

To all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, P10 N. Plcoc a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and of the mechanism referred to may be eecomplished automatically and with precision.

Accordingto my invention the machine to be driven is operated from an electric motor and the operation of this motor is controlled from the said mechanism throu 11 means which is adjustable so that it may 0 set to stop the motor after any selected nmfi ber of cyclesof movement of the parts said I echanism havebeen performed.

In the preferred arrangement the motor circuit is provided with a circuit-closer normally held 0 en and adapted to be closed by hand, S1101 closing thereof causing the closing of a shunt including an electro-magnet which holds the circuit-closer in the closed osition until the circuit of the shunt is bro on by means operated from the driven member, whereupon the circuitthe shunt;

tion excepting the; circuit connections and certain eecessories thereof; Fig. '3 illustrates a detail of 1? s. 1 and 2-,; and Figs.4 and 5 anc ents, ged grant and sideelevations of a.

partozfit chicane-operated from the driven member, for controlling the-circuit through said havlng a hopper b into which the material Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed Aprlla, 1911. serial No. 619,014.

drawings," a is a mining machine Patented Oct;

to be mixed or otherwise treated may be discharged from the receptacle 0, the a itatin means (not shown) of the mach ne a being operated from the gear-wheel d which is carried by the main shaft e of the ma: chine, and the said gear-wheel bein driven from a pinion f fixed on a 'suitab y journaled shaft 9 carrying a pulley in around which extends a belt a also v exten ing" the pulley j of an electric motor 70.

The motor k is admitted in'h'e ciicua if having a source of energy mend ei'switgch n. In the circuit is a rheo'stat'o comprisi'ri a resistance p which is connectedf'to Queen: of the wiring of the circuit at a breaktherein, and an arm 9 whose pivotihg'epd is con-1 nected with the other end of said wirih a't said break, the arm g being normally 'eld: out of contact with the resistance spring 7*. From thefree end of the resistance extends on end of a wire a formin a shunt and inclu ing amagnet 22, the other end of the shunt wire being connected with the wire Z a t-that side of the aforesaid break in the circuit formed by wire I coinciding" with the arm 9. So long as the circuit through the shunt is otherwise" closed, when arm gis manually moved into contact with the resistance the maet t will be energized and hold arm g in tfiii circuit clbsing position (in contact with the resistance p) against the influence of spring r; as soon as the circuit throuh the shunt is disestablished the deenergizing of the magnet it permits the arm 9 to assume the open position; disestablishing the circuit 1.

The making and breakin of the circuit through the shunt is ctl'ected as folldws: On a stand u near the machine a is arranged a pedestal '11 carrying a disk w provided with markings so as to form a. dial-,'asishown in Fig, 4, and having an arm m. Insulated binding posts 3; serve as means to which to attach the ends of the shunt s at a break in the wiring of the shunt, the'sa'id hindin posts being carried by the arm as. on 0 these ibintlmg poets has electrically connected with it a metallic depending stirrup z carryingan.-ad%ustable stop inthe form of a set screw 2, W ile 3 is a metallic stud contacting with the other binding which "rests upon the stop 2 en'dis held thereagainst bye spiral spring 5 connecting post and hav ng pivoted uponit a metallic arm 4;

adjusting serials 6 and 7 ,the former in the arm 4 and the latter in a bracket 8 depending from armm. The shunt is normally closed by the arm 4 at the break formed between 2 and 3, but upon elevatihg arm the circuit through the shunt'will be broken, and, if the circuit 1 is at this time closed via g, magnet t will be deiinergized, breaking circuit l.

lhe means for actuating 4. to break the circuit through the shunt may be described as follows: J ournaled in the pedestal *1) back of the disk w is a worm wheel 9 provided with a stud 10 penetrating the disk to and carrying a pointer 11 movable with reference to the indices on the dial of the disk. A. stud 12 on the worm wheel is engagealde with a star wheel 13 fixedon the rear end of a shaft 14 journaled in disk w and carrying at its forward end a cam 15. Hold against the periphery of the cam by a spring 16 or otherwise is a. tappet-arm 17 pivoted in the disk w and having ii spring-hammer 18 whieh,'whcn the tappet-arm is allowed to fall in therotation of the -(segmental) cam, strikes the insulating piece 19 of the arm, elevating the same to break the shunt circuit. Around the .eriphery of the cam may be marked indices constituting another dial as shown, 'one end of the cam being employed as a pointer in reference to this dial. Meshing with the worm-wheel '9 isa worm 20 carried by a vertical shaft 21.

which is ournaled in a. lever 22 fulcrumed in the pedestal o, the lower end of the lever being engaged by the hooked end of an opcrating lever 23 pivoted in the pede. -al; upon depressing t e free arm of lever 23, lever 22 will be shifted to break the oonheetion between the worm and worm-wheel, so that the ear and pointer (9 and 11) and the cam 15) may be reset. To the lower end of the shaft 21 is connected a flexible .shaft Qlwhich may be connected with the llere 26 is a shaft e as shown in Fig. 3. block secured to the end of the shaft 0 by a screw 27 and kept from turning by the my 28 which holds gear (I from turning on shaft 6. By. screws 29 head 30' of a stem 31 having an eye 32 to receive the hook 33 on plete one revolution upon being driven by the worm 20; correspondingly, it requires as many revolutions of tho worm-wheel 9 as there are teeth in the star wheel 13 to effect one revolution of the cam 15. By dcpressving the lover 23 to disengage the worm from the worm-wheel, the latter will Ill. free so that it and the cam may be illljllfilflil rclativcly to each other n setting the cam-so that it will permit, the fall of the tappethammer 18 against the circuit closing arm el, breaking the shunt circuitand consequently dei nergizing magnet I so that the circuit-closing arm 1 is allowed to assume the open position, discstahlishing the circuit I: the motor I. is thus dciincrgizcd, and machine a stops.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to cure by Letters Patent is:-

l. The ccmbinalion, with an electric motor and mechanism to be operated therefrom, of means for controlling said motor l'rom said mechanism comprising reacting parts, one

of which is movable into enacting relation to the other, a dial, and moving means, com-- prising a pointer member forming an all-- justahle partuthereof and cooperating with the dial, for ransmitting niovcmcnt iroin said mechanism to the moving part. substantially as described.

2. The combination, with an electric motor and merhanisn'i to be operated therefrom, of means for controlling said motor from said mechanism comprising coacting parts. one of which is movable into coat-ling relation. to the other, and means for transmitting movement from said mechanism to the moving part comprising intermeshing gear mcmbers, one being movable into and out of engagement with the other, substantially as described. a

3. The combination, with an electric motor. an electric circuit including the motor and having a break, a circuit-clam! at said break and mechanism to be operated from the motor, of means for controlling the circuit-closcy comprising enacting parts, one of which is movable inlo coacling relation to the other, a dial, and moving means, comprising a pointer member forming an a.djuslable part thereof and coiipcraling with the dial, for transmitting movement. from said mechanism to the moving purl, subslauliully as described.

-l. 'l'hc combipalion, with an clcclrie mol and mechanism to be operated therel'ronl, ol' :1 ircuit-closer nornmlly hcld in the open position, an ole-ctro-magnct to hold the. circuit cluscl' in the closed position, means, including a source ol? cucrgy and circuit connections, for energizing the motor and magnet, said means having two breaks in its circuit connections, and said circuit closer being disposed at one of said breaks, and means, operated from said mechanism, for establishing and disestablish'ing the circuit at. the other break therein, sub stantiallyas described.

5. The combination, with an electric motor and mechanism to be operated therefrom of a circuit-closer normally held in the open position, an electro-magnet to hold the c1rcu1t-closer in the closed position, an electric-circuit comprising a source of energy, including the motor and having a break therein, said circuit-closer being disposed at said break, a, shunt from said circuit also having a break and including the magnet, and means, operating from said mechanism, for establishing and disestablishing the electric connection through the shunt at the break therein, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with an electric motor and mechanism to be operated therefrom, of a circuitcloser normally held in the open position, an 'electro-magnet to hold the circuit-closer in the closed position, an electric circuit comprisingta source of energy, including the motor and having a break therein, said circuit closer being dis posed at said break, a shunt from said circuit also having a break and including.

the magnet, and adjustable means, operated from said mechanism, for establishing and disestablishing the electric connection through the shunt, at the break therein, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with an electric-m0- tor and mechanism to be operated therefrom, of a circuit-closer normally held in the open position, an electro-magnet to hold 'the circuit-closer in the closed position, an

electric circuit comprising a source of energy, including the motor and havi a break therein, said circuit closer being isposed' at said break,'a shunt from said circuit also having a break and including the magnet, and means, comprisin a rotary cam and a tappet-arm actuated t 'ereby, for establishing and disestablishing the electric connection through the shunt at the break therein, substantially as described.

8. The combination, with an electric motor and mechanism to be operated therefrom of a circuit closer normally heldin the open position, an electro-magnet to hold the circuit-closer in the closed position, an electric circuit comprising a source of energy, including the motor and havin a break therein, said circuit closer being isposed at said break, a shunt from said circuit also having a break and including the magnet, and means, comprising a stop-motion, a cam actuated from said stop-motion and a ta pet-arm actuated by said cam, for establishing and disestablishingthe electric connection through the shunt at the break therein, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature f in presence ofztwo witnesses.

PIO NARCISO PEGCI. Witnesses:

WM. D. BELL, Enem KAUFMANN, 

